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Delhi Persian 485*

Record Id:
032-004378034
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Delhi Persian 485*
Title:
1 copy of ʿĀlamgīr'nāmah by Muḥammad Kāẓim ibn Muḥammad Amīn ibn Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Qazvīnī
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
557 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1680
End Date:
1720
Date Range:
1680-1720
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109510021,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/6178410
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   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109510021,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/6178410
Muḥammad Kāẓim ibn Muḥammad Amīn, d 1682?,
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Muḥammad Kāẓim ibn Muḥammad Amīn, d 1682?,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/155145541808496601063
Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1592?-1666,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066751721,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13108102
Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1592?-1666,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066751721,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13108102
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Delhi Persian 485*

Contents

1 copy of ʿĀlamgīr'nāmah by Muḥammad Kāẓim ibn Muḥammad Amīn ibn Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Qazvīnī

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Title: ʿĀlamgīr'nāmah
Title: عالم گير نامه

Substantial fragment from a fine copy of the official regnal chronicle commissioned by the Timurid Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I, written by Munshīʾ Muḥammad Kāẓim (d. 1092/1681), son of the historian for Emperor Shāh Jahān I, Munshīʾ ‘Amīnā’ Muḥammad Amīn ibn Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Qazvīnī.

The annalist chronicle covers the war of succession leading to the overthrow of Emperor Shāh Jahān I, and Prince Muḥammad Awrangzīb Bahādur’s accession to the throne as emperor, followed by the first ten regnal years.

Defective at end.

Not dated at end.

Neat calligraphic nastaʿlīq.

Stamped and Persian foliation.

Binding damaged (front board consists of combed marble paper with brown leather edging over delaminating and crumbling pasteboard; back board consists of deep brown leather over delaminating and crumbling pasteboard, revealing Kaithi texts), labels.

Folios unbound; wormholes, cropped, light water stains, creased and stained edges, powdered chalk interspersed throughout.

Author: Muḥammad Kāẓim ibn Muḥammad Amīn ibn Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Qazvīnī محمّد كاظم ابن محمّد امين ابن ابو الحسين القزوينى

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 557 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 246 × 147 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1680-1720Late 17th to early 18th century India

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876

1876

Government of India

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